A Manmohan Singh Cameo As GST Bills Are Cleared In Parliament

The Rajya Sabha has passed four GST or Goods and Services Tax bills without amendments setting the stage for the government to launch on July 1, the country's biggest tax reform since Independence. Just before the bills were voted on after a two-day debate in the upper house, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened and asked his party the Congress not to seek changes in them to "maintain consensus and federal agreement."